We are happy to announce our State of the Coast Conference (SOC18) has been approved to offer 10.5 hours of CLE credit by the Louisiana Bar Association. SOC18 will offer a wide range of topics to help fulfill your yearly CLE requirement. To attend and receive credit for your CLEs, you will need to register for the two and half day conference.

The panel brings together experts from across the sector to discuss comprehensive and forwardthinking financing solutions for coastal restoration in Louisiana. Additionally, it will highlight the importance of including the voice of the business community in advocating for coastal restoration.

11. Louisiana Coastal Program Law and Policy

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. I Room 206

This session will include a presentation and discussion of current legal and policy issues impacting Louisiana's Coastal Program, including land rights, environmental law policies and perrnitting, education of Louisiana's future coastal lawyers and a roundtable discussion of general coastal policy and legal issues. Moderator: David A. Peterson, Esq. (CPRA)

20. Putting Public-Private Partnerships to Practice to Support the Working Coast

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 | 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. I Room 206

Major industries (oil, gas, and shipping) are supported by a web of coastal infrastructure, including roads, ship channels, and ports, that are vulnerable to sea-level rise, subsidence and the next storm. For the "Working Coast" to continue to flourish, a holistic resiliency approach is needed. We present public-private partnership examples of where protection of critical infrastructure has ecosystem service benefits to help make communities more resilient in the face of climate change.

25. Public Access, Private Property and the Legislature's Attempt to Find a Solution

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 | 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. I Room 211-212

The Louisiana Legislature recently passed H.R. 178, which gave Louisiana Sea Grant the monumental task of exploring solutions to the fight that has been brewing for years in Louisiana's coastal marshes between recreational anglers, private landowners and the state over recreational public access to waterways. The purpose of this session would be to reconvene the key stakeholders to publically explore the legal, social and political complexities of the issue and the potential for common ground.

30. Backfilling Canals: Progress and Pratfalls

Thursday, May 31, 2018 | 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. I Room 207

Canals have directly and indirectly accounted for a significant portion of Louisiana coastal land loss across the entire coast, yet there have been relatively few restoration projects to backfill or remove the spoil banks of old canals. This session discusses the ecological basis for backfilling canals as a coastal restoration technique, speaks to issues that have stalled this type of work in the past and looks forward to the potential of backfilling opportunities in the future.

56. Extraction Related Subsidence and the Potential for Uplift

Thursday, May 31, 2018 | 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. I Room 206

Human-caused impacts to the coast are not only legacy issues — many of the same practices continue today. This Panel discusses current practices that harm the Coastal Zone, like wheelwashing and extraction related subsidence, the science underpinning these issues, and practical solutions that if adopted can potentially avoid, or even reverse, the harm.

70. Alternative Oyster Culture (AOC) Using Off-bottom Technolog in Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico

Friday, June 1, 2018 | 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. I Room 211-212

Off-bottom oyster farming has expanded along the U.S coast from Maine to Florida and has now become a commercial reality in the Gulf, including Alabama and Louisiana. This session explores each stage of the business: (l) hatchery (larvae); (2) nursery (spat and seed oysters); (3) oyster farming equipment (cages, bags, longlines); and, (4) actual oyster farrns. This technology may allow the industry to adapt and survive the challenges of climate change and planned Mississippi River diversions.

Course Title: State of the Coast

Course #: 8443180530 Pin #: 4315

Dates: 05/30/2018 - 06/01/2018

Location: New Orleans, LA

Attendance records for Louisiana licensed attorneys will be furnished to you and to the MCLE Committee within 30 days of the course date.

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If you are seeking specialization CLE credit for this program, please electronically submit a copy of this email together with copies of the Sponsor Application for Continuing Legal Education Activity, program agenda, brochure and/or materials to Mary Ann Wegmann, Executive Director, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The specialization CLE committee, not MCLE, is responsible for approval of all specialization CLE credits.